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stanko

/stˈæŋkoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
stanko
IPA
/stˈæŋkoʊ/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a common Slavic surname, from Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, and Slovene Stanko, a pet form of Stanislav, Stanisław, based on stan (“to stay”), from Proto-Slavic *stojati (“to stand”). Compare Stanco, Stanjko. * Also possibly shortened from Stankowski and its variations, such as Serbo-Croatian Stanković and Slovak Stankovič. See Stankovic. Also compare Stank.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Stanko, *stojati

Inflected Forms

Stankos (plural)

Homonyms

stanco

Rhymes With

franco blanco banco janko branco danko franko panko hanko pankow yanko manko

Questions

How do you pronounce stanko?
The recorded pronunciation is /stˈæŋkoʊ/.
What does stanko mean?
A surname.
Where does stanko come from?
It is traced to Polish.

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